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Dec 17, 2010

Back when I was in High school I always made sure to have my smokes for the day. Good thing I worked for my father at his service station. It's the only place where I could get my cigarettes. I figured I had earned them since I worked mostly without being paid.

Mom and Dad told me the smokes would eventually take my breath away and that I could die if I smoked em long enough. But this was in the early sixties they were just figuring out that smoking was deadly.

( Forty years later)

The alarm clock wakes me up so I could get up and get ready to see our doctor I haven't been able to rake the leaves out at the park like I use too I rake a small pile of leaves and take a small rest to catch my breath. Finally the doctor came in with the x ray of my lungs He told me that I have C.O.P.D. and that it is now time for a life style change.

I went home and emptied all my ash trays threw the ash trays in the garbage and smoked my last two cigarettes the first step into becoming a non smoker. It's now been four years I'll never go back top smoking because I don't want to die casping for breath and I'm a lot healthier, and I Smell a lot better too Just think of the money I'll save, that thought alone makes me want to never smoke again.

2 comments:

It is so nice to have that Monkey off my Back. I used to smoke like a chimney but 10 years ago I quit. Congrats on the 4 Years Larry, it does feel good to be able to breathe in again, taste my food and not reek of smoke.

I'm the only one in my family who never smoked so I viewed it as somewhat ironic that 2 years ago I was diagnosed with asthma. Seems more and more adult onset asthma crops up and perhaps being around smoking parents contributed.